The black cat let out a soft meow and ran towards the entrance of the forest, looking back as if signalling for Chae to follow her. Chae got up and started running after the cat
"Hey! Where are you taking me?" Chae yelled as she ran through the forest, jumping over rocks. As she approached their destination her eyes widened and she gasped as she saw fire. A big fire was spreading. Without thinking twice Chae used her ice magic to cover the grounds and the burning trees in ice.
"Who would do this?" She thought. Just then as she stood she saw a hooded figure and 4 smaller figures. It was clear who the boss was yet they were covered and she was unable to identify them.
"Who are you?! Is this your doing?!" Chae yelled in anger as she could feel the fury inside her building up. The hooded figure let out a slight chuckle before signalling his men to attack.
"Deal with the child quickly, we have work to do." He said while waving his hand towards Chae. The 4 henchmen rushed towards Chae, smiling as they were getting ready to play with her. One wielded a sword another a battle axe, the two who stayed back wielded a bow and the other a wand.
Chae swiftly dodged the battle axe, wiping the grin off their faces as they understood this was serious as they could sense her mana since she wasn't too good at controlling it. She summoned an ice pillar to block the sword and then more pillars came out of the pillar she summoned, knocking the man away. Just then multiple arrows enhanced by fire magic were shot at her. Chae was about to do something about it but she panicked when she saw the man with the battle axe swing at her. She wasn't sure of what she should do. Chae used her ice magic to create a dome to hide herself in but it was shattered by her opponents. Chae activated her Blessed Ability and used it in order to control a swarm of bugs which she unleashed on the man with the battle axe. As he screamed in pain Chae used his blood to create blood arrows which she shot at the swordsman who was about to attack her and she killed him instantly. She slowly looked down at the blood that splattered onto her clothes, her eyes widening in fear.
"I... I didn't mean to... kill him..." Chae whispered. No matter how strong she was she was still just a child. Chae barely dodged an arrow heading her way and it scratched her arm. She gasped in pain as she dashed backwards. Chae barely activated a shield, by using basic defensive magic, to deflect the fireballs that were coming at her. She almost vomited as she came face to face with the battle axe user as she saw his skeleton as he had been eaten alive by bugs she controlled. Just then the black cat nuzzled into her leg and it glowed green, using healing magic on her. Chae came to her senses but she was curious.
"How can a cat cast magic?" She thought as she used her ice magic to deflect a few arrows. The cat then glowed yellow, and Chae felt different. She felt stronger and faster and she felt like her magic was stronger.
"No way... A cat like you can use a Blessed Ability?" Chae said, realizing that the cat had used a Blessed Ability in order to strengthen her. Chae dashed at her enemies, dodging a fire ball and deflecting arrows with ice shards. She then created an ice sword and sliced the bow of the archer then proceeded to create an ice pillar to knock him out. The mage used fire magic, sending out a large blast as he grinned. Chae created a wall with ice and pushed it towards the blast. They were now trying to overpower one another. Chae was trying her hardest yet the blast was really powerful and the fire was advantageous to her ice. She felt her wall melting but just then the cat used its Blessed Ability to boost her strength allowing her to overpower the mage. He looked scared as she pinned him to a rock with the ice wall. Chae then shut her eyes and made ice spikes come out of the wall penetrating him, and killing him immediately. Chae breathed heavily, she was glad she won but saddened by the fact she had to kill them. Chae then turned to the hooded figure, he didn't look pleased yet he was interested in her.
"Good job! Ya are an interesting one. So young yet so strong. Such a shame that I have to kill ya!" The figure said.
"Why are you here? What do you want?!" Chae yelled at him as he grinned.
"I have some business with the hero~" He said.
"Well you will have to get through me!" Chae growled, creating a dome of ice around them. Just as she used her blood magic to steal some blood off the dead men in order to use as a weapon her dome was shattered. Before Chae could even react he was in front of her face, about to end her. Her mind couldn't understand what was happening. Just then there was a bright light. Chae wondered if she was dead but as she opened her eyes she saw me in front of her holding the man who attacked her.
"Master...?" Chae whispered as Nora grabbed her and took her to a safe spot.
"Congrats, I'm impressed Chae. Nora and I were watching you and you did well. You should rest now." I said while looking over at them. I then turned my attention to the figure.
"As for you, Nishioka..." I said revealing his identity.
"...never EVER hurt those who are close to me!" I said before sending him flying back with wind magic. I sent some fire balls at him which he dodged while copying my Blessed Ability: Total Speed. I then proceeded to use ice and earth magic to make spikes come out of the ground. Nishioka jumped high.
"Interesting, new data analysed." He said quietly before getting into a tree.
"Was nice reuniting Michael!" Nishioka said before fleeing the scene.
I sighed and walked up to Chae and Nora, my attention focusing on Chae.
"You did well, and that new cat of yours is a special one. It has the ability to enhance peoples abilities and even heal people. Keep her by your side." I said softly. Chae nodded and looked down at the cat.
"Thank you kitty. I'll name you Boop. We're gonna be partners now okay?" Chae asked. Boop meowed contently. Nora then hugged Chae.
"You did amazing!" Nora said and Chae then giggled.
The next day we were getting ready to leave, Queen Mano had already thanked us a lot. Chae and Boop had walked with us to the border. I turned around.
"Before we go, there's something you should have." I said as I took out some items. Chaes eyes widened and Boop sniffed me curiously.
"These are for completing your training..." I said as I handed her a cloak and a witches hat which were a casual mage outfit. They were mainly light blue yet contained hints of silver and red in them. I also handed her a new staff which was big and had a gem on it. Chae's eyes widened as she took them and put them on.
"I chose the colours according to your magic types, and that gem on the staff was crafted by Nora. It will help boost your magical abilities." I said while looking at her with a soft smile. Nora also gave her a little wave. Chae then hugged us both tightly.
"Thank you, for everything." She said as she pulled away.
"We shall see ya in the future okay?" I asked with a smile. Chae nodded yelling "BYE" as we left the country. Nora looked at me.
"Time to figure out our next destination!" She said as we walked. I nodded but at that moment all I could think about was how much Chae The Mage had improved.
End Chapter.